 Good evening and welcome to the June 8th meeting of the Arlington Select Board as a preliminary matter This is Douglas Heim select town council to the town of Arlington I serve as chair pro temp until a new chair of the select board is chosen This meeting is also the select board's organizational meeting following the town election So first let me Confirm that all members and persons anticipated on the agenda are present and can hear me Members when I call your name, please respond to the affirmative Diane Mahan. Yes, Joe Cureau. Yes John Hurd. Yes Steve DeCorsi. Yes Len Diggins. Yes, and staff when I call your name, please respond in the affirmative Adam chapter lane town manager. Yes All right Good evening. This is an open meeting of the Arlington Select Board being conducted remotely Consistent with Governor Baker's executive order of March 12th, 2020 due to the current state of emergency in the Commonwealth due to the coronavirus In order to mitigate the transmission of the virus We've been advised and directed by the Commonwealth to suspend public gatherings and as such the governor's order suspends the requirement of the open meeting law To have all meetings in a publicly accessible physical location Further all members of the public bodies are allowed and encouraged to participate remotely The order which you can find posted with the gender materials for this meeting allows public bodies to meet entirely remotely So long as reasonable public access is afforded so the public can follow along with the deliberations of the meeting Ensuring public access does not require ensuring public participation Unless there is a public hearing item on the agenda or other provision for public comment such as citizens open forum This meeting will feature opportunities for public comment on some agenda items as well as an open forum for resident comments The select board is convening this meeting by zoom as posted on the town website Which identifies how the public may join the public may join this meeting either through the zoom app or using the telephone dial-in number It is also being broadcast live on ACMI Please note that this meeting is being recorded and then some attendees are participating by video conference Accordingly, please be aware that anything broadcasted may be captured on the recording Please also take care to adjust your screen or device name if you would like to speak In order for us to recognize speakers appropriately and develop accurate minutes It's helpful for participants to see your first full and last name when calling upon you rather than an nickname Finally all participants are advised that people may be listening who do not provide comment And those persons are not required to identify themselves All the materials for this meeting are available on the novice agenda dashboard And the board's webpage. We recommend the members of the public follow the agenda as posted on novice unless the chair notes otherwise We're about to turn to the first item on the agenda, which is the organizational selection of a board chair and vice chair But before we do that Permit me to cover some ground rules for effective and clear conduct of the board's business and to ensure again accurate meeting minutes The chair will introduce each speaker on the agenda After they conclude the remarks the chair will go down the line of members inviting each by name to provide any comment questions or motions Please hold until your name is called which is helpful for those persons who are attending the meeting by telephone Further, please remember to try to mute yourself Um on your phone or computer when you're not speaking Please also remember to speak clearly and in a way that helps generate an accurate record For any response, please wait until the chair yields the floor to you Finally, each vote taken in this meeting will be conducted by roll call vote Again, this meeting will feature opportunities for public comment on certain agenda items As well as a citizens open forum For comments on items after members have spoken the chair will afford public comment opportunities as follows The chair will first act members of the public who wish to speak to raise their hand on the zoom app For persons attending by telephone, please note that you can raise your hand during public comment periods by pressing star nine Once the chair has a list of all public commentators the chair will call on each by name and afford three minutes for any comments Please keep in mind that all participants and members of the public must be recognized by the chair before speaking Of a persons participating by phone, you should identify your name and address and address for the record when called upon For citizens open forum Citizens open forum will function much the same way The chair will first ask members of the public who wish to speak on citizens open forum to raise their hands Again, folks by telephone can raise their hands by pressing star nine Once the chair has a list of persons wishing to speak The chair will call on each by name and afford three minutes per speaker Please keep in mind that all participants and members of the public must be recognized by the chair And that the board ordinarily does not engage in call a queen citizens open forum because such items are not on the agenda for discussion under the open meeting law Finally permit me as the town council to enter a few words about our proceedings tonight in light of the town election It's my understanding that the race for select board seats was Significantly competitive and that the margin between two candidates was less than a hundred votes This board's tradition has been to hold its organizational meeting on the monday immediately following to the election and proceed with declared winners It may be that recount petitions are entered If those recount petitions change the outcome the composition of the board could change However, to the extent that votes are taken Unless those votes are by close margins those votes will stand and it will be up to the board to retake any votes They deem appropriate should the composition of the board change With all that I now uh will call for nominations for the select board's chair in the 2020 season Miss mohan um, I'd like to nominate mr. John heard for chair Is there a second second I see mr. Currow entered a second Um with that I'll take I'm sorry. I apologize. I should have done this I need to take a vote first to open nominations for the chair. I apologize Uh, is there a motion to open nominations for the chair? So moved Thank you, mr. Currow Miss mohan seconded Roll call vote, please Miss mohan. Yes Mr. Currow. Yes Mr. Heard. Yes, mr. Decorsi. Yes, mr. Diggins. Yes That's a unanimous vote and I so declare it nominations for select board chair are now open Now with nominations open miss mohan. Thank you. I would like to make a motion to appoint mr. John heard a select board chair Is there a second second Are there any other nominations which members of the board wish to enter? Are there any other comments? Um, I think We now we entertain a motion to close the nominations I will if there are no further comments miss mohan has made a motion to close the nominations Second second mr. Currow. Thank you On a motion to close the nominations and a second by mr. Currow If there's no further discussion, I'll put it for a roll call vote Miss mohan. Yes Mr. Currow. Yes Heard. Yes, mr. Decorsi. Yes, mr. Diggins. Yes unanimous vote and I do so declare it now um On the uh With the nomination for mr. Herd to proceed as chair of the select board. I'll take a roll call vote Miss mohan. Yes, mr. Currow. Yes, mr. Herd. Yes Mr. Decorsi. Yes, mr. Diggins. Yes It's unanimous vote and I do so declare it mr. Herd is elected as chair of the select board On our seat Congratulations, mr. Herd. Thank you. Appreciate it before I pass the gavel to you which will be a relief to everybody I'll uh, uh, I'll open up nominations. I'll I'll ask for a motion to open nominations for vice chair So moved Miss mohan has moved to open nominations for vice chair. Do I have a second? Second second secondated by mr. Herd I'll take a roll call vote is if there's no further discussion Miss mohan. Yes, mr. Currow. Yes, mr. Herd. Yes, mr. Decorsi Mr. Decorsi He's frozen Yes Mr. Decorsi and now mr. Diggins. Yes Okay It's a unanimous vote. I do so declare it nominations are now open for vice chair Are there any nominations for vice chair? I see miss mohan miss mohan Um, I'd like to make a motion to name mr. Joseph caro as vice chair of the allington select board Do I have a second second? Okay on Are there any other nominations the board wishes to make? Then i'll take a Motion to close nominations. I'd like to make a motion to close the nominations for vice chair Miss mohan has moved to close nominations for vice chair. Do I have a second? second Thank you. Mr. Decorsi Roll call vote unless there's any points for further discussion Seeing none Miss mohan. Yes Mr. Currow. Yes, mr. Herd. Yes, mr. Decorsi. Yes, mr. Diggins. Yes All right nominations for vice chair are now closed Thanks everybody for bearing with us here Um nominations now being closed. I'll take a roll call vote on the nomination of mr. Currow as the vice chair Ms. mohan Yes Mr. Currow. Yes Mr. Herd. Yes, mr. Decorsi. Yes, mr. Diggins. Yes It's unanimous vote. I do so declare it. Congratulations. Mr. Currow. You're the vice chair Congratulations With that I will turn the meeting over to mr. Herd who is now the chair of the select board. Thank you Thank you attorney heim and thank you to my fellow board members for bestowing this great honor upon me I am up to the task. There's a lot of issues currently facing the town and it's going to take a lot of work both between members of the board town staff and residents to you know move our town forward and you know, I hope to be able to help in in doing so and I just want to congratulate Diane and Lynn on being elected And then also just say thank you to makaya haley who is The third candidate for running a really clean and positive campaign and you know, I hope I know she'll uh We'll have a lot of interactions with her going forward um, so the first me the first agenda item that we have is a proclamation to declare june As lgbt q i a pride month in arlington So before I read the proclamation i'm going to invite julia force ith and andy rubenson from the from the lgbt q i a commission the rainbow commission to invite and to join us We have one and we have julia. Are you there as well? Let me see i Yes in here. Sorry, okay great Share the video settings as usual No And the proclamation reads as far follows whereas june marx lgbt q i a pride month and this year commemorates 50 years of pride in massachusetts The first pride began as a riot at the stone wall in in 1969 It was led by people of color who sought an end to brutality and oppression of the lgbt q i a Plus community by the new york police 51 years later. We recognize and stand in solidarity with communities of color particularly black latin latino and indigenous people who continue to suffer constant injustice We continue to work toward uniting against oppression police brutality racism Transphobia and many other disparities that disproportionately impact these communities whereas Pride is about challenging authority and embracing solidarity and now This is more important than ever as people of all races ethnicities genders orientations and abilities Continue to work on many fronts to realize this Efforts to create a better world through acts of resistance to the inequality inequitable enforcement of unjust laws in local state and federally sanctioned harassment and abuse of lgbt qti lgb qti a plus people black people latino people Asian people indigenous people and women have continued Since the second half of the 1960s 51 years later. We continue to do this work and to seek the same outcomes for all people whereas the continued coven 19 pandemic is having disproportionate a disproportionate impact on lgbt qi a plus communities and communities of color Which are already vulnerable to health care? employment and housing discrimination these communities continue to struggle with higher rates of homelessness health and food insecurities compared to other communities they face additional Simultaneous health issues stemming from bias mental health and lack of insurance compounded with high job losses and growing rates of positive coven 19 cases during coven 19 We must continue to denounce racist and xenophobic overtones that have pervaded Some conversations of the ongoing pandemic in its response while bringing awareness and assistance to disproportionately impacted communities Whereas town meeting created the lgbt qi a plus rainbow commission in 2017 to promote lgbt qi a plus Affirming policies for all residents of the town of arlington and whereas The town of arlington was one of only 10 municipalities in the commonwealth of massachusetts to earn a spot on the human rights campaigns Municipal equality index in one of seven in the state to earn a perfect score and whereas the lb gt qi a plus rainbow commission is aware that in massachusetts lgbt qi a plus people of all ages are more likely to experience disparities in health in the social detriments of health as compared with their street and cis gender peers and that these disparities are even greater among lgbt qi a plus people of color and whereas people suit students in the town of arlington who are homeless Are disproportionately more likely to be lgbt qi a plus in the town of arlington 2019 youth risk behavior assessment Found that sexual minority youth including lesbian gay and bisexual high school students In particular are at substantial risk for a serious health outcomes relative to their peers and whereas The lgbt qi a plus community in arlington is resilient and enjoys strong allied partnerships with the town's human rights commission counseling on aging disability commission commission for arts and culture and numerous other groups and residents that support the lgbt qi a plus rainbow commissions work to bring greater visibility and empowerment to the lgbt qi a plus population through education advocacy In collaboration with other town agencies schools and community groups And whereas celebrating lgbt qi a plus pride month and displaying pride flags Our outward representation of the town's commitment to full inclusion of the lgbt qi a plus community in arlington civic life And whereas the l lgbt qi a plus pride month celebrations and commemorations will take place virtually and online in the commonwealth of massachusetts to adhere to public health physical Distance and guidelines guidance in light of the covet 19 pandemic giving even greater Importance to outward representations of support for the lgbt qi a plus community in arlington Now therefore be it resolved that we the members of the select board Reaffirm reaffirm our support for equal protections for lgbt qi a plus residents of arlington Be it further resolved that we designate june 20th as lgbt qi a plus pride month in arlington Mr. Chair I move approval of the proclamation that's presented Second move approval by mr. Curl Second by mr. Hahn I just want to invite If either andy or julia want to add anything at this time Um, I just want to say thank you for everyone for reading the proclamation and for your continued support for the commission You know it's definitely been a challenging year for everyone. It's definitely been a challenging year for us as well Um, a lot of our pride planning has pretty much just gone right out the window Um, like so many other things so we we had to make a lot of readjustments and so We'll speak up all about those after I think we get through this vote, but again, thank you for your continued support Thank you And andy, did you want to add anything? The someone have to unmute him. He's unmuted himself Do you want uh, uh, mr. Chair? Um, perhaps uh, mr. Robinson wants to call in with his phone and maybe you can get the audio that way Sure, I may know nothing of what i'm talking about Ashley, can you hear me now? Yes, we can. Yeah, we got you. Okay. All right Sorry for the technical difficulties. Yes, I just wanted to second julia's, uh, grateful gratitude for allowing us to uh Celebrate our our pride virtually and for supporting the uh the proclamation giving these challenging times Thank you All right, so we first have to have a vote to approve the proclamation by mr. Carl seconded by miss mahan attorney hind um Maybe call on each board member if any of us have any comments before we do that or no Sure, sorry. No, no, let's do it. Mr. Hirshman No, no just First motion to say I'll go down the line for any each board members from Miss mahan Should almost take me last. That's not fair. Um, first I I want to thank um, julia and Andy um for all the work that you're doing with lgbt qia plus rainbow commission Work and I think the acronym alone alone Really speaks volumes because when we first came out When we first started a group like that's this it was over three letters and um, that's indicative of the inclusivity and uh welcoming that These past committee members and current have done. Um And I understand here that this is a request to um put up banners down Along that nasab as well as you have some event scheduled for july and august. I was wondering for people at home who May be listening by phone or be watching this later and not have the agenda if you could just sort of in a couple of sentences either Miss foresight or mr. Rubenson Um explain what the banners are going to look like and I think you have a theme of both messages And maybe the other person can just explain about what the july and august activities are anticipated to be so I can I can ask joe Who made the motion I had had that as two separate issues. I don't know if we need two separate motions for that I'm i'm happy to amend my my motion. I mean I reference the proclamation, but it's There's a banner request on here as well as the banner request. Yeah Okay, and miss mahan to You accept that as your second Yes, thank you. Mr. Herr Sure, so I'll give you guys An opportunity now if you want to speak about the the banners the banner request as the first moment about the proclamation Um, so julie, would you like to start? Yes, um, so, I mean traditionally what we've done is, you know, we we've uh painted the the crosswalk in front of uh town hall We've displayed pride flags on town hall those are challenging to do this year and so andy and I believe is a human rights commission came up with the the idea to just uh Sliz it funds and display banners. Uh, basically they're gonna be pride banners up along mass av um And i'm gonna let andy speak a little bit more on those since he's been a bit more involved with those Yeah, so i'll also thank christine carney and the uh human rights commission who did the banners for black history month That kind of spur us on to doing this um Oh, great. Thank you. Uh, and for sharing. So these are the actual banners here. You'll see these will be um double-sided uh with the happy pride on the left and on the back of that will be the uh rainbow commission logo And so the when you look at it from the other side, you'll see the same thing happy pride on the left And the rainbow commission logo on the right We have raised funds to produce eight banners, which will be four polls uh street polls Going on either side of pleasant uh along mass av Okay, great And now I will recognize board members, uh, mr. Carl Yeah, just thank you very much for the work on this and the banners look beautiful. I really I look forward to seeing them up up there You know My husband rob davison was the designer so I have to give him credit excellent excellent Thank you to rob Yeah, I mean and uh Not only do they celebrate pride, but they're gonna look beautiful and that there's the sunshine is coming too And we all need need a bit of that You know one thing I've been very proud of in our town is is the mei You know rating it's always been high, but um ever since we pulled together the lgbt qia plus Rainbow commission, uh, we've seen that number go up and up uh every year and um really that that that's um That's a tribute to a lot of work that that's been done Uh by the town manager and his staff but but really by the the commission as well And I know that you all help to coordinate those responses and And help to brainstorm about ways that that we we can address some of the the gaps that still still exist in service To the lgbt qia plus uh community here in allen com so I just want to thank you very much for that Thank you for bringing this this this back. I mean, I I miss being in our chamber because Usually during the month of june, we have the large rainbow flag on the uh, you know Above one of the entry ways Going into the chamber. So we'll look forward to that next year too. Thank you. Okay. Thank you Mr. Dacorsi Yeah, thank you, mr. Chair And I want to thank julie and indy for for your work on the commission And and for working around some of the challenges this month Um with the banners in in in light of the the covid crisis. So, uh, thank you both very much Yep, mr. Diggins Yes, to me, I'm totally in support of this of course, uh, we just have a few questions and Comments, maybe so who designed the the logo? It's a it's a fabulous logo Andy So actually this this predates me, um, I don't know if really, you know, I know mel both side the former chair Had a relationship with it with the designer who did it that I It's great We began soliciting this is not designs last year and melgold side the previous chair She had a friend they live in california and they collaborated with us to design this logo And it was it's a response to be as inclusive as impossible You can see the number of different orientations and gender flags As we we could fit in on logos. So it's yes No, nice nicely done Nicely done. My partner actually was part of the one of the the main bisexual groups And he designed their logo back in the day, you know, three years ago. So, uh, so, um So, uh a few questions, you know So you said you weren't able to do the sidewalk and I know how much mel enjoyed the sidewalk You know, what was the issue with that? I'm not sorry. I'm not sorry. I said I said sidewalk. I meant crosswalks the crosswalk We we were just concerned about again maintaining social distancing It usually takes about four to six people plus two to three police escorts to paint The sidewalk and we just didn't feel like it would be feasible this year. Gotcha. Okay, uh, and um Could you tell people because I think a lot of people don't know what the qia plus uh stands for Just for educational purpose just tell us what that is the q is queer Um, there's a number of people in the community that are reclaiming the the term queer um So I actually thought it's questioning Questioning as well. I mean it stands for for multiple things. Um I as intersex. Um, so those individuals that are born with um M's ambiguous genitalia and they're assigned a certain gender at birth that doesn't match with their gender identity right, um, and the a is asexual or you know, number of things and then we just add the plus to Continue to expand the the the letters. Yeah, great. Great. I think um, I mean a suggestion Maybe not for modifying, you know, this um proclamation, but uh in a future one just be initially when you doesn't think those letters just Spell out what they're for because for those of us in the community We have a good idea what they are But but it'd be nice to just kind of let everyone else know how what they stand for and I'm a big fan of the plus a I um I have my identity and I'm not Into identity politics per se. Uh, and so I didn't really campaign on the notion Of of my sexual orientation. Hey, but I do remember when the flag was first me just Lgb and it was important to start adding all those other letters And and I very much support the plus because as we know me, there are lots of different Kinds of people and lots of different relationships me and and as happy as I am for gay marriage With both my partner and I being technically bisexual We don't really claim that a whole lot because a lot of people think me bisexual As the year kind of like half gay. Well, you know, you're half and half I mean not so much half gay has straight but that you have any kind of equal kinds of partners uh, and and also, um, my first relationship was was with a couple a male female couple, uh, and It would have been great for us to have been able to form something legally Binding in amongst the three of us, but that's wasn't possible. Um, it still isn't possible But it is great that we've made that stuff that we have gay marriage Me and so the plus I think let's us know that we do have more more work to do and one of the great things I have felt about pride is is that I like to see it eventually emerge Evolved into just a kind of appreciation for the range mean the rainbow range of Human sexualities and so that I love for us at some point to be out in june Just celebrating being human sexual creatures that just appreciate each other For what we are. Uh, so that's my little Proclamation myself a couple more questions mean so the latin x I noticed that in the proclamation. What's that? Is that technical? Is that like a? a designation I'm sorry. What was that question? I saw in the proclamation that it was latin x so Latina latino Okay, so that's just a allow for multiple versions of Latin. Okay. I I appreciate that and um And one more thing I could read while I'm writing here No, oh, oh, I know it is. Uh, so uh, you mentioned the the covet 19 effect on the The community and and uh, if possible at some point if you could Uh, give us a link mean to the data behind that because I think it would be important to back that up with some some numbers as to how the the Community has been disproportionately affected by by covet and uh, great. Thank you. That's it. I know the human rights campaign has Published something on and I'm sure there are other sources as well Yeah, it's great because I mean you have the links to other things that are very good And so I love it when these proclamations actually provide people with with the links to the information because I'd like for uh The these things to be a repository of information that people can go to because especially if I'm going to be involved Me I will be thinking about these meetings a lot and then when I bring up things to people I can say hey go to you know the select board's Page and you'll find information there. So thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you Then miss my behind. Did you have anything to add beyond your initial comment? Okay. No, thank you. I'm sorry Thank you. I just like to follow up with what everyone had just said this Committee is so important to the town. It does so much work and year after year the rainbow coalition it it's just it It It's very present of all the committees. It's a lot it does We see a lot from the rainbow commission. It's a lot of work, which we we understand and we thank you for All right, so we have a motion by Mr Carl seconded by mrs. Mahan for to approve the proclamation to declare june as lgbt qia plus pride month in arlington As well as to approve the request for pride banners on mass av attorney heim Mr. Um, I'm sorry I've got to recalibrate where I'm starting from Uh miss mahan Yes Mr. Decorsi. Yes. Mr. Diggins. Yes to curel. Yes to herd. Yes Thank you unanimous vote and I do so declare Thank you and thank you to julia and andy for participating Thank you for your spark All right So the next agenda is item is agenda item number four. It's our consent agenda It's approval of new election workers. We have jennifer caruso of 11 westmoreland av Susan caruso 11 westmoreland av joseph cook of 13 egeton road caroline harrington of 74 columbia road And bernadette murphy of 60 pleasant street first. Do I have a motion? Move approval And a second second All right, so on a motion By mr. carl seconded by miss mahan attorney heim Miss mahan. Yes It's a curel. Yes Oh, I'm sorry. I'm gonna I'm gonna get right. Uh, mr. Decorsi. Yes, mr. Diggins Yes, mr. Hurd. Yes unanimous vote. Thank you Next agenda item number five. We have for approval and all alcohol package store license for easy convenience Parish Patel owner 935 massachusetts avenue Do we have attorney win stanley here okay All right, attorney win stanley o'connor Do you want to just tell us a little bit about the The request certainly this is a request um by EPW LLC, which many of you may know was the meat house Located at 1398 massachusetts avenue Transfer the license to 3p corporation, which is as many of you know easy convenience Which is located at the corner of grove and massachusetts avenue Of this i'm representing actually both of them. They've waved the conflict and i'm representing both parties in this transaction You have all of the documents and I just want to address a couple of things I understand that Uh, the board of selectmen would like to space out the licenses and this was a license that was located in the heights The reality is prime was forced to go out of business because of the rent structure Of in the heights in that shopping center where panera food used to be There are very few Areas in the heights with sufficient with any parking that could accommodate this Swifty printing is now having a different business go in there and the only other real parking alternative Is uh dagastinos that has this parking up there I have provided to you A number of letters and a petition that have been signed by customers of easy convenience Now easy convenience to these gentlemen have owned this store for over 20 years Some of you probably have gone in there and been customers, but they have a very loyal customer base and the standard for transfer of a liquor license or for Grant of a liquor license is public convenience or public need And this is why I have provided you with those letters and those petitions because if you look at The petitions in the letters you will see that they span the entire town of arlington from east arlington to the heights You have a wide variety of customers that shop there This is not going to be a Full service liquor store with five different kinds of bourbons This is going to be more in the nature of what the meathouse was Which was a convenience for shoppers who were there And we would suggest to you that the transfer is appropriate You know from the last license that was made available that there was only one applicant that applied for it um, and I would suggest to you that it's a Positive for that store these gentlemen you you see the reports from the town. They have had no violations In their store. They are probably two of the friendliest Store owners that I've ever met. They know all their customers by name I was amazed when I went in there one time two or three years ago And they said hello to me and recognized me and I hadn't met them But they treat everyone like that and you know the age of the Um corner store is a dying breed and part of it is because of costs The governor has just passed a a law that Convenience stores and all stores in massachusetts can no longer sell mental flavored cigarettes that is going to be a significant decline in their business So I would suggest to you that Based on public And and I will also tell you that alcoholic beverage control commission Has issued rulings that say that the mere fact that another store maybe in the vicinity is not a basis to deny the transfer For the grant of a license So, um, I would suggest that they're uh, good candidates for the license They're hardworking businessmen that have been in the community for a very long time and their customer base Believe it's a convenience for them. And I believe that mr. Weissman who's the principal of EPW the prospective transferor and paresh patel. Um, who is the President of the prospective transfer are both on the call so they can answer any questions Thank you. I'll open up to the board for any questions, uh, miss mahan um Initially when this came before, uh, this board, um, This discussions around this not the actual application It was the uh, pretty pre pandemic and coronavirus Time And so if you would ask me back then I would have said that, um, we need to follow a long process Um nullify the transfer then start the process all over again Um and go that way but in light of um, you know the current circumstances that we're in I do know mr. Patel knows my name. He knows my dad's name Um, and when I have to buy my parents, uh scratch tickets, which I don't believe in For their birthdays or anniversaries. He knows what they like Um, and one of the other things that that he does Um, similar to my days and since mini mark, you know, I've been in there when um someone walks through the door You know, he knows him or her by name They they're short some money or they don't have any money and they say there any way and get a few things and I'll pay it. I promise at the end of the week and he's been known to do that He doesn't really advertise that about himself. So I've been here 20 years in the community. So, um, I think in light of the current times in light of I like to say Businesses and people have to adapt the governor likes to say pivot um in in light of the fact that um the Industry standard in arlington when these um convenience store owners were going before the board of health regarding um eliminating all menthol Substances is about 30 percent of their business. So they they've lost that they've lost what they've lost perhaps to the coronavirus But they have become essential workers and I think I would like to I would like to make a motion to approve this Um License so that we can you know, keep this gentleman in his family family run business able to be Open sustainable announce a more importantly available to the general public. So I'd like to move approval A motion to approve we have a second Second We have a second by mr. Ducorsi Mr. Ducorsi any do you have any questions for the applicant or comments? Yeah, just a quick question. Thank you for the thorough application and the The list of supporters is very impressive I'm just wondering And I've been in this store several times But what what is in the alcohol area now or what will become the alcohol area if the if the transfer is approved Fresh can you answer that? So it'd be a more closer to the counter where the coffee counter is right now and the corner behind the counter So that basically be the alcohol area and we're going to move the coffee toward the window side So that we could be more closer to the where we stand and we can keep an eye on Things like that. Okay. All right. And and I do see on the plan that you submitted There is a line no kids be on the line And then it looks like the there's a cooler that's going to be shared Between just what you're selling now and and perhaps for alcoholic beverages Is there a line down at that end to down the firewall just for separation purposes or What are you proposing to do down over there just for separating the alcohol sales from the general general merchandise There is no plan to block that right now But if that's most comfortable for you guys, it's okay to you know, we can put Some kind of a mini glass or fiberglass something But uh, we were going to put it on but then it's uh hard to Move the product around and have the direct delivery and all that services. That's why we kind of you know But we open for that if that's what's comfortable for you Yeah, I actually just a question. I didn't see any designation over there. So I just want a clarification. Thank you Okay Mr. Diggins Any questions for the applicant? Excuse me. It's uh, it's more just educational questions for myself So what's what's the rationale behind them spacing out the licenses? Or I shouldn't say the rationale. I kind of get the rationale But what was the the the basis for it? Was it originally a zoning thing like we have with hot shops there wasn't zoning we When we originally had that licenses, I think believe there are three and It was the board's desire at the time to put one in the center one In east darrington and one in the heights and then the board added two more licenses And there was another in the center another east darrington So we added a six license At tom meeting a year or so back and we opened that up last year And we only had one applicant so that that license when we put it out there We had indicated that we wanted it to be a store in the heights. So then we would have a balance of Two in the heights two in the center two in east darrington but Attorney when stanley o'connor mentioned we only had one applicant at the time If I could just add one more thing part of the problem that you have in the heights Where the fortunately unfortunately is right across the line you have berman and bursas And those are big stores with lots of parking. So it's very hard to compete with them Whereas in east darrington, you don't have anything till you get to norton's which is much farther into north game bridge So it's been difficult. I've had That have looked in the heights to put a liquor store and it's not they don't think it's feasible to rent structure So the competition Thanks for the information I appreciate miss carl thank you, mr. Chair And yeah, mr. Tal through you through you, mr. Chair, so it's nice to see you see you again. I think we met once Seven or eight years ago. I think when we did have a go around when we had added two licenses on we did not have sufficient licenses for all the applicants at that point, so I'm glad to see that the situation is a little bit different now that that we we don't have that Inbalance also I was quite impressed with with the The devotion of your your clientele and the letters of recommendation that were included in the in the packet I don't really have any other questions other than I will say that my question was going to be this the exact same one is Mr. DeCorsese, I noticed the no kids beyond this Control for the alcohol area and I had had actually that same question as to whether there was any kind of control on the on the other end of that area You know, I don't think we we have it as a condition in the license But if if you ask me frankly, I mean, yeah, I feel more comfortable if there was some kind of a partition back there to to Prevent kids from and and running and by kids. I mean teens Sure Okay, that's all I had this chair. Thank you. Yep, and I support the application it was Probably a little out of our footprint that we're looking for on the last go around but as we mentioned There was only one application in the heights and it's just it's becoming Clear that it's just not feasible to sustain two stores up in the heights So with that We have a motion for approval by mr. Carl's second by Sorry, I didn't write it down Motion by mrs. Mahan Motion by mrs. Mahan second by mr. DeCorsi Attorney this is dug hind town council. Can I interject something? Sure. This is a public hearing So we should see whether or not there's any Comment from the public in order to make sure that we're following The the requirements for the license issuance sure I'll get this right second go around and Now we can invite any comments from the public Are there any I'll ask the town manager if there's any raised hands anyone that would like to speak about this application I do not see any raised hands No, no raised hands Alrighty Attorney hind. Thank you, mr. Uh, mr. Mr. Diggins has yeah, sorry. So so I um I'm curious. Is anyone gonna give the Dan done speech in on this or is this an appropriate place for giving that speech? and If you remember it I mean well as I recall it went along the lines of the employees being trained, you know to Really do the proper checks for IDs and as I recall it's we we are sure initially when the license is given but sometimes Move employees come on and and and then that training isn't done and they get in trouble So he wanted to emphasize that there'd be a real firm or reuse process for making sure that new employees are trained so that mean when Um, well when they come on board, they know how to properly check IDs mean so so I think I'll stop channeling this to dunnell and stop And that's the restaurant one, but that's okay Right, that's why I asked if it was appropriate in this one. So that's that's why Appropriate it's still appropriate. What if you say is appropriate. You're a member of the board. I apologize Thank you Is that a question to the applicant? Mr. Diggins or just a comment, uh, well, well we well it was more uh, uh, and I won't I want to say admonition, but it's just it sucks it to be aware of being in so I'm sure the answer if I ask the question would be yes So I'm not going to ask ask question. I'm sure he's trained and I'm sure he's planning on training people But just to emphasize that that's usually where the process breaks down is when new employees come on So he just wants just want to alert him to that means so that So you prepare for it because we want people is not getting trouble Thank you Hi, miss mohan. Yes Mr. DeCorsi. Yes, mr. Diggins. Yes Mr. Curell. Yes, mr. Hurd. Yes, unanimous vote. I so declare Mr chairman Just one thing if I could do you mr. Chairman Yes, um, I just want to at this point Um on behalf of all the members of the select board, um, I didn't want to do this at the beginning Congratulate our colleague. Um, Mary win Stanley O'Connor on her very well deserved campaign for board of assessors And you're really truly an impressive victory and I did actually catch a few not my debate but other debates and there was times there where I feel some things went left and um, I was impressed the way you maintain your decorum and professionalism And thankfully the voters of orange and saw that too. So welcome back and congratulations Oh, can you Congratulations to both of you. Thank you. Bye. Bye All right, we now move on to citizens open forum Incept in unusual circumstances any matter presented for consideration of the board shall neither be acted upon Nor a decision made the night of the presentation in accordance with the policy under which the open forum was established It should be noted that there is a three-minute time limit to present a concern or request to the board And I'll look to the town manager to see if we have any raised hands for citizens open forum We have two hands raised right now We have don selzer at margie bell and someone who's identifying themselves as tdc conference five So with the chair's uh approval, I'll bring mr. Selzer In as a panelist and maybe we could also politely ask tdc conference five to change their name To a name if they're willing to Yep. All right don should be Mr. Selzer are you with us? Mr. Selzer you there? Okay, am I uh, I think I'm unmuted now. You are unmuted Okay, thank you. Uh don selzer Irving street. Um, I wrote to the board late last week regarding the long delayed sale of 1207 massachusetts avenue Um, it's an eight-year history Intended primarily for the majority of the board who has never been involved in any of the proceedings on this property Um, I won't go over the detail. I assume that um, you've received the correspondence by now Sure I don't have in front of me, but Okay, um, I'll just go over the key summary points Number one is the select board has never actually given its required approval to the purchase and sale back in 2017 was the last time you voted on it and at that time you Authorized the town manager to enter into negotiations and then to return to the board for approval of the purchase and sale And this step seems to have been overlooked The purchase and sale Promises exemption from building permit fees that are written into the town's bylaws Only town meeting has the authority to override these fees and this is a significant matter On this development that's proposed these permit fees will likely Top hundred thousand dollars Back in 12 2015 when town meeting approved of the disposal of this property It was based upon the promise of one million dollars to pay for the strat and school renovation Uh, that was the expectation at that time of everybody and unfortunately it hasn't come to pass And since thus in the last five years the town's needs and real estate values have changed considerably The next point is It simply doesn't look very good the nature of the sale because back in 2012 when the select board first learned of the ownership of 1207 mass av A town official quickly moved in to buy the adjacent lot at 1211 mass av I'm not suggesting there's anything illegal or unethical about this, but it simply doesn't look good to the public And the final closing of the sale has been delayed over and over again Due to the buyer's failure to provide the required materials to the redevelopment board It's going on a year now and they've yet to provide some of the basic information that's required for an application for a special permit And the terms of the sale allow either party to simply walk away from it as of this coming June 21st So I suggest that it's appropriate for this new board to reconsider the whole matter and decide whether They do want to proceed with the sale or whether they want to revisit the whole process Thank you Thank you and Do we have a second person? Yeah, so the next person is Margie bell. Let me promote them to panelists Okay Yeah, it's actually Margie No problem at all. So thank you for giving me some Times my first select board meeting. I'm joining you today really just as a a concerned town citizen Concerned about the viability of all of our local businesses and today For today's purposes in particular our local restaurants I know, you know, the community is rallied around Takeout, but all of our restaurants have unquestionably lost a lot of revenue over the last few months Summer is the best opportunity for them to recoup that revenue But they need space and in particular outdoor space So and time is obviously of the essence. So My ask of the town Remove friction to getting this done I was extremely pleased to see that there already is a draft temporary outdoor license regulation Out there and proposed I asked at the town minimize permitting hurdles and really fast track approvals so that businesses can capitalize on the improving weather now Enable experimentation I'm a complete newbie to this when I'm learning about concepts like tactical urbanism Where there's low cost temporary changes and a lot of experimentation And that's going to take the town being flexible and accommodating and pivoting I think as Mrs. Mahon said Um, follow the lead of existing towns We've seen Falmouth closing Main Street. Waltham has announced they're closing moody street We really need to enable outdoor space Um on that note So many restaurants will be unable to support outdoor seating without the help of the town They do not have the space. So we need to create space We need to claim stretches of parking spots on mass avenue like the ride cafe has done in lexington We need to perhaps close off medford street or the broadway street plaza Close off sections of the town parking lots Offer restaurants space in front of the town hall or the gardens by the library Encourage restaurants to work with their neighbors and get creative I live in the heights and I could imagine Enabling restaurants to negotiate parking lot use in the evenings Maybe our linkedin colon lumber would be open to that or dagastinos in their off hours Um, of course with the permissions of these businesses We need to consider solutions and spaces that provide some permanence Both day and evening weekends and weekdays weather can be unpredictable And restaurants really need to capitalize on all of these good weather days breakfast lunch and dinner Um, and then finally, I think we need to think about how we enable this from the pure logistics of tables Um, I actually took some time to speak with taylor rentals You know, they can they can rent out tables and chairs $50 a month I'm sure that if the town helps to negotiate we can enable the restaurants to get up and running quickly We also have the experience of town day A lot of these restaurants, I'm sure will be scrambling to do this without further help So I'm also thinking, you know about how the town might subsidize Or potentially we can crowdsource within the communities But I think it's so important that we all collectively act and we act quickly So, um in closing, I just want to say, um, I hope the town will make this a priority Our local businesses are so very important They are the fabric of our community and we really need to help them to both survive and thrive in these unprecedented times Thank you for your input. I know a lot of residents Share your concerns and some of the town is working on if you wouldn't mind that you do have a number of ideas If you could put them in writing email it either to the slack board Or it's our email addresses we can respond to via email. Okay. I'd be happy to do that. All right. Thank you. Thank you everyone Do you have a third Sorry, uh, third the third is still identified as tdc conference five So I will promote them to panelists, but if this is an attempted zoom bomb, I will quickly remove them Okay Hi, it's not a zoom bomb. I just can't figure out how to change the name I really did try my name is far to law boy I this is my first town meeting and i'm really coming to you as As a resident that loves the town of arlington, but we're living in a climate in this country where There's violence and racism against our black community and our people of color And so I come here really trying to understand what the town is doing In addition to putting up a banner for black lives matter What systemic changes is the town thinking about proposing and what are they going to do? There are a number of campaigns going around currently. There's the I think a can call a campaign called eight can't wait that has several policy recommendations that can read them off to you It's around banning chokeholds and strangleholds requiring de-escalation requiring warning before shooting requires To exhaust all alternatives before shooting duty the duty to interfere man shooting ban shooting and at moving vehicles Require the use of force continuum and require comprehensive reporting So those are some different policy initiatives. So I was wondering if you may be able to Elaborate and deeply consider what kind of policy changes we can make to ensure that our community is safe for everyone So because of the rules of citizen open forum since it wasn't a posted agenda item We can't respond to requests during citizens open forum But if you can take your request and again put them in writing Best way to get to us is via email to the select board's office or the individual select board members Then we can respond to your email with any of the questions and requests that you have And I can uh, Mr. Hurd. I I will likely also be addressing some of the questions Under the black lives banner banner agenda item So I know it seems overly procedural, but I will get to some of the points you made Under that agenda item as well. Thank you. And uh, mr. Chair if I could also um, this is mine say, um I'll have similar. I won't say the same thing as the town manager But I just wanted for people that are listening to this the first time It's it's the it's not the duty to interfere. It's the duty to intervene So I just want to make sure but I'll be talking whatever the town manager doesn't touch upon or my colleagues If there's anything left for me to say, I will thank you mr. Chair Sure Did you have any further comments? No further comments. Thank you. All right. Thank you And I'll check one last time It's the town manager All right, and that closes citizens open form Next up on the agenda we have traffic rules in order and other business Agenda agenda item number six for approval Arlington preservation fund loan We have Patrick Guthrie president of the island to preservation fund I do not see him here. Mr. Chair Unless he unless he's bd macbook pro It's the it's the only the only person that's not by name Although he'd probably be raising his hand sweet I don't doubt. Do you have any familiarity with this? Uh, this I I cannot speak to this matter and that's absence I'm sorry. Mr. Uh, Mr. Chairman. I'm not personally familiar with the uh with the fund If you want to circle back to it, um, I could Take another quick review of the documents When I move on to the next agenda item, I'd be happy to let you know if I feel comfortable Presenting what vote should be before the board? Okay So we'll table that I'll ask attorney ham. Do we need a motion to table or can we just move on to the next item? I think if we're not mr. Chair if we're not uh tabling to the next meeting Okay, we can move to the next agenda item and then we can circle back So we'll put that back on the end of our Our traffic rules in order Next agenda agenda item is for discussion and vote waiver of certain interests and penalties on property tax That tax bills pursuant to section 11 of chapter 53 of the acts of 2020 To our town manager Thank you, mr. Herd So this was a matter that I believe maybe every member of the board Asked us to bring back on the agenda to give some reconsideration to so as the board recalls in the immediate or in the early days of co vid 19 legislation was passed allowing for the forgiveness of Penalties and interest related to both water sewer charges as well as property tax as well as the pushing back of due dates At that time the board did push back the due dates for water sewer and property tax bills But only at our recommendation only chose to waive The interest and penalties for the water and sewer bills and not the property tax Because we wanted to make sure frankly that mortgage companies that pay out of escrow Didn't hold until the last day Of june and thereby accrue the benefit and harming the town's cash flow Now that we're past june one We can look at it analytically and see that just over 500 taxpayers out of over 15,000 Have not yet paid for this quarter and that That amount total is to approximately 1.7 million dollars So we talked about this with the finance team and the treasurer did want me to share Her concern of equity that some people may have made hard decisions to pay on time And you know without knowing that there was the possibility of the of waived interest coming forward But overall after considering it. I know that the deputy town manager and myself both felt like This was a small In the course of our budget a small amount and if there are people out there who could benefit from not having to pay Interest if they pay by the end of the month It if the board so chooses it seems to be an appropriate and acceptable measure All right. Thank you. And I'll open up the board for comments Mr. Dacorsi Chair and thank you, mr. Chappell. I I um support Waving the interest on that the real estate taxes to june 30th, and I'm happy to see it back on the agenda And um, we'll all recall real prior to mr We did raise this ability that that we would revisit it. So um, I I think given the number of people that that could be I think it makes good sense to extend that deadline on interest through june 30th And just remember it's a waiver through june 30th that the payment is in bait The waiver goes away. Um, so it is allowing for some additional time But the payment has to be made by the end of the month So so with that mr. Chair, I'd move that we approve a waiver on real estate tax Interest through june 30th Moon motion for approval by mr. Dacorsi. Do we have a second second? A second by mr. Carl Mr. Carl any comments No, I think that it's appropriate. I mean the economy's starting to open up, but there are still people who are earning and I think if we have just a little bit more latitude here that we to provide Some assistance to those who are struggling to make make the payments. I think that we should Use a tool that the state gave us Sure. Thank you Mr. Diggins I agree completely so yeah And miss mon I also joined in supporting this and I appreciate the fact that my colleagues and the current chair and the town manager um everything we got with the governor's executive order um chapter 53 and all acts related there too that has sprung up as a result of covet 19 that We committed to looking at everything implementing what is feasible But not completely closing the doors. Mr. Dacorsi said and revisit another time because it may not be a tool Two months ago, but it's something that is now. So I just want to applaud the chair and um my colleagues and the town manager for Having committed to that process and actually doing it. So thank you, mr. Chair Thank you And I support this as well You we're now at june 8th. So it's just a few weeks and if you can help people get over the over the edge Then we should do that So on a motion by mr. Dacorsi seconded by mr. Carl attorney hind Ms. Mahan Yes Mr. Dacorsi. Yes, mr. Diggins. Yes, mr. Kuro. Yes, mr. Hurd. Yes It's unanimous vote Thank you And that brings us to jenna jenna item number eight For discussion endorsement placement of black lives matter banner on town hall Mr. Chaplin did you want to open this? Yeah, sure Would you like me to have the chairs of the human rights commission as well as chili and harvey join us? Sure. Absolutely. Let me uh, let me do that I don't want to I try to do too many things at the same time. It won't go well Right. So they they should be joining us so Thank you again, uh, mr. Chair. I just I wanted to open by saying what well we want we want to do a few things I think we want to talk about The black lives matter banner and our associated efforts Um, and I think we want to talk about the proclamation that's been drafted by the human rights commission for the board's consideration tonight And I think part and parcel to that we want to talk a little bit about how this is more than just Putting a sign on town hall but tie it into the efforts that are already underway and yet and also the Frankly much greater efforts that are yet to come So I suppose I could go on longer than would be warranted But there I think Arlington has a very long history of working towards inclusivity And working towards uh being a welcoming community. I know there was a piece Though it was in relation to this Election that happened on saturday. I think it it painted a good history of this town's efforts I was published I think in your Arlington by Barbara Goodman And I think anybody anybody reading would benefit from from a historical perspective reading about The town's history of trying to build again inclusivity and welcomness in the town So that that from a longer term history. I think that's important more short term I think it's important to mention that we just earlier this year Kicked off a relationship with the national league of cities and their race equity and leadership division To provide training to both the elected leadership of the town as well as leadership and supervisory staff In the part of the town. Uh, so I know this board um participated in that training with the race equity and leadership division of the national league of cities and Even though mr. Diggins wasn't on the board. I believe he participated that uh that day That same training in longer form was provided to over 60 town staff from across all departments And that's part of a long term. Uh, supposed to be five part training session that unfortunately has been disrupted by covid 19 Can't bring 65 people together in the same room for such a training So we're working now With the national league of cities to figure out the best way to deliver that curriculum and that learning remotely and ultimately what we What we want to build out of that training is Both education and information for people who work for the town to grow their understanding of the history of race in our country But perhaps more importantly to put into action an assessment and analysis of all our departments For instances of institutional racism and to cure them and remedy them So we are uh, we're on the first steps of a journey in terms of an inward looking Analytical focus again on education information and then improvement for our town departments Uh, so that will be something we'll be talking about more in upcoming weeks and months But I think it's an important initiative for us to talk about Uh, another point um directly to the resident who spoke under citizen don't inform's point Uh, eight can't wait. Uh, it's eight police policies being recommended as part of campaign zero I'm very happy to report that prior to Eight can't wait being released the Arlington police department already had seven of those policies in place The only policy they did not have in place was the duty to intervene The chief immediately began working on putting that policy into place as well as strengthening some of the other seven Seven policies to be sure that they were as strong as what's being recommended by campaign zero So once that duty to intervene is officially implemented Likely in the upcoming days we'll be issuing a press release in that regard There's more we'll be sharing. Um, I don't want again. I don't want this to be exhaustive But there's more we'll be sharing about the work of the police department in the upcoming days So again, I think we we acknowledge that we've both Started a lot of work and done a lot of work But yet the road ahead is likely longer and harder than the road we've already traveled So, uh, and I know As we raise the Black Lives Matter banner today standing shoulder to shoulder with Chief Flaherty and members of the police department As well as members of the community this select board state representatives members of the human rights commission Jill our diversity equity and inclusion coordinator Um, I I know we have we have a broad cross section of people who are ready to roll up their sleeves And do the work that's necessary So today what we did is raise a black lives matter banner on town hall and As I said this morning when we did that I'll say the same here that I don't feel as though we did that as any um for any reason to you know Pat ourselves on the back or to congratulate ourselves or to celebrate some type of achievement But rather to make a statement of solidarity and solidarity, excuse me as well as an acknowledgement that we're committed to the work So, um I I see today as a positive step not the end of a journey, uh, but rather perhaps the start of a journey And I look forward to hearing the board's uh thoughts On both the issue in general as well as hearing about the proclamation that's been drafted by the human rights commission Yeah as Reference we do a proclamation here So I will read the proclamation that I'll invite Sharon and christen jill to add any comments and then I will invite any comments from the board So our proclamation as written states Whereas the town of arlington acknowledges and deploys the history of systemic racism in the united states and in arlington And whereas the town of our Arlington strongly condemns all racist acts of police violence and extends our deepest condolp deepest condolences to the families And friends of george floyd and the other victims of racially biased police violence And whereas the town of arlington strongly condemns racist acts of oppression in all forms including institutionalized racism Which has targeted black and brown communities for far too long And whereas the town of arlington has initiated and undertaken Training programs aimed at strengthening cultural competencies and reducing racial Ethnic and other bias within our municipal and school departments And has provided police officers with deescalation training to minimize the risk of lethal interactions between law enforcement officers And civilians and whereas the town of arlington recognizes the importance of juneteenth June 19th as dating back to 1865 when union soldiers landed in texas With the news that the civil war had ended and that enslaved enslaved were now free Two and a half years after the emancipate patient proclamation became official And whereas the town of arlington respects the knowledge experience and traditions of all who live work study or pray In our town or otherwise visit arlington and will actively listen to the voices of our african american community And whereas the town of arlington knows that we must all commit to being human rights champions Fight racism and stand up as allies And now therefore be it resolved that the town of arlington encourages broad support of the arlington human rights commission hosted virtual vigil To be held on juneteenth 2020 at 7 p.m. To mourn deaths due to police violence and to affirm that black lives matter And be it further resolved that the town of arlington supports the work of our police department our town government and our schools To make them more diverse Equitable and inclusive and commits to seeking further policy and administrative measures in support of this goal Including a series of four webinars to be hosted by the town Starting in june aimed at deepening our community's understanding of systematic systemic racism And the deep harm it causes and be it further resolved that june 13th 2020 shall be proclaimed as black lives matter day in arlington That a black lives matter banner shall be prominently displayed on town hall during the month of june and until this date And that all residents are encouraged to pay fitting observance thereof All right, and with that I will invite the co-chairs of the human rights commission if they'd like to add anything Sharon thank you, um, thank you for Taking this under consideration, especially since we gave it to you with a little bit of short notice, but as you all know the The the events of the last week or two have Sort of accelerated What we already knew we needed to do in this town and across the country and apparently across the world And so we really appreciate you considering this proclamation and to continue our work together To work toward what we want, which is a much more inclusive place Where we're really addressing the issues of systemic racism Thank you Kristin Thank you So I just want to echo really what Sharon said in that first of all we do greatly appreciate that you're taking this under advisement on such short notice But I think the events the time a call for that kind of swift Action and response it's certainly our hope that this proclamation would demonstrate the board commitment to moving on these issues And by identifying these specific actions giving the town of Arlington the people of the town of Arlington Some specific things to look forward to while recognizing This is a continuum as the town manager said that we'll have to be working on and that it will be a challenging path we need to take But I think the proclamation would be an important recognition of that path. Thank you You and I'd like to invite Jill Harvey the town's diversity equity and inclusion coordinator She'd like to add anything so I I promoted Jill to panelists, but she's connected from a device without sound or video So she's she's chatted with me, but she's she's she's with us in spirit more than anything else Well for anyone that was at the event today, she had wonderful things to say absolutely We're so happy to have her on board All right with that. I'll turn to our board members for any comments miss mahan Yes, thank you, mr. Herd and um, thank you to miss grossman his bower sharon and christen as well as um this morning Jillian joe was there and Crystal I can't remember her name last name. It might be sharp. She's on the human rights commission also. Yes. Good. Sharon told me that that's right um, and I just wanted to Now that the campaign's over um I felt a very small minority were taking this issue and Injecting um some really charged atmosphere that wasn't doing a service to it. So now that's all gone past I do want to sort of echo the town manager. Mr. Chapterings remarks that The town of allenten started through the human rights commission And and and through other department had started last year in august when some residents came in some concerned residents That were speaking about it was originally the padrini issue But then it opened up the very uncomfortable but necessary discussion about systemic racism And then we learned about interpersonal institutional so on and so forth and at that time um president obama's foundation which um structured the campaign zero and came out came out with um the Eight steps that can't wait it was it wasn't is geared towards cities and mayors but because um our human rights commission our town manager and others And uh, then acting chief now current chief To me a very progressive Certainly extremely sincere about this issue said just because It doesn't apply to us necessarily and if we applied for funding we wouldn't get it they saw that great framework that was in place and um committed to um The eight steps that can't wait with um campaign zero and just did it basically not on our own but Did it on our own in terms of ensuring that we did it and I I know It might have been an election chatter. Um, there was some critiquing that you know, we had done seven and we didn't do eight and what I explained to people is um You can commit to something and you can say oh, yeah, we agree. We're going to be this kind of a community We're going to be a treat community. We're going to be campaign zero. Yep We're going to do the eight steps that can't wait and that and just say it But what the town of ollington has done um through the town manager through the human rights commission Leaders and others as well as my colleagues is we really committed to that and the reason why the um Last step duty to um intervene came where it did From my understanding the rationale and and what I researched on is we pretty much had addressed Just about everything in our current policies with the police department for that So we wanted to tackle the first seven that really needed some work Some brainstorming, you know, whether with the national league of cities with the real program Um, and now we are at that point. So, um, I know I'm going a little long in the truth But and we all could because this this is something that's very important to us It's something that brings a lot of emotion And I just want to say I I learned a lesson this morning And I hope I hope This new town meeting member also learned the same lesson. We were down there this morning. We didn't really advertise it um For a big event because we're looking to our human rights commissioners to um Sort of carry us through that But you know, there was a group of maybe 50 60s of us Three three people of color our colleague mr. Diggins Jillian and um crystal And we had an appropriate ceremony and speeches and then at the end, um Crystal and Jillian were speaking with a newly elected town meeting member And it just got into exactly what I've been reading and sort of trained on As a white woman who has privilege Not the way to go. Um I think as we move forward We're really going to need guidance from the human rights commission that when we stop this process Especially politicians, but I think everybody and especially if you're white man or woman You need to listen And you may hear something and want to say no no no that's you know, that's not what it is You're perceiving it wrong. That's where we get off track from from day one Then there needs to be uncomfortable conversations that are had um If somebody's perception a person of color my daughter-in-law is person of color brown net police and I've experienced through her some things that you know Upsetting um, but I think of what I would say to everyone the lesson that I really learned and I saw it this morning because it got into a yelling match which not between me between this new town meeting member and Um, I just don't want to go that way and I wanted to take that moment I don't like when people do cliches and say oh teachable moment, but it was a teachable moment That's everything that I've learned and my colleagues have learned And the town manager and all the department heads not just the police department that when we stop this process First you have to accept there is racism You have to accept because of I have to accept as shawn govley said because of the color of my skin I do have privilege that I just got born into And when we have these conversations, especially if you're a white man or woman You're in politics. You're an employee or you're just a resident in the street I think we all need to check ourselves commit to it And for the first few meetings and I'm going to ask human rights commissions to kind of frame it that way Really stress that we need to listen to the men and women of color Whether they're citizens, whether they're employees, whether they're students And don't start to clap back and retort because that I think that's when the process it just fails right there So that was really an important message to me this morning when I saw that You know It's a particular town meeting member that I kind of bought heads with anyways, but I said now you're doing that exactly wrong So but anyways, I went along in the tooth It's something myself and my colleagues are very passionate about and I am so happy that The members of the human rights commission are really the leaders on this And you're probably happy that I'm not because imagine how long the meetings would go. Thank you You mr. Diggins Yeah, you know, I I I thought it was a Good event this morning too and and I was happy with the show to turn out me For understandable reasons. They wanted to keep it small You know, uh, one of my favorite phrases that came out And maybe been around for a while but I became aware of it in the maybe late 80s early 90s was think locally act globally Or maybe it was act me. I think I got to reverse me. So it's um think globally act locally and and in the same context I want to say, you know, think generally and act specifically And so right now the focus is on race is as well It should be in and and I it's good to see That focus and attempts to work on that issue, especially in respect to police brutality But also keep in mind being that there are other injustices out there structural sexism And and my big one is is um the problems that low people with low income Um face and and and one person asked me what you think would be Something that could help us be move Progress and I said, you know, two things being um, make sure that everyone has access to a good education That's the long run. Um, and in the short run Increase minimum wage, you know, make it be something that is livable And that does require the people of privilege Regardless of the race made up because usually that privilege is based on income And it requires us to be get people to realize that the If you raise up the the prosperity of Everyone Everyone will benefit me and so if you grow to pie You may have a small percentage of the pie, but the pie would be bigger And you will benefit too. So just get people to understand that it's in their best interest to really make it Possible for everyone in alive to thrive. And that's not only in the us data. Uh, and so we We focus as we need to uh, but keep in mind that the there are Universal general problems that we can perhaps we use this moment to leverage and and work on solving Those those underlying bigger issues too. So that's my take on things. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Carl Thank you very much, and I want to thank thank um, miss grossman miss bower For bringing this forward and miss harvey. I know that this harvey worked A lot to prepare the the resolution and to help with the logistics around This morning's celebration and and to provide ongoing support to the human rights commission and The the pride commission just the commission of disabilities and such. This is something that has been long Overdose so very happy to have that support I spoke a bit on this Last week, but I just want to relate um Some thoughts from yesterday So, um yesterday I walked down to I went down to um st. John's Episcopal church And it's not the st. John's Episcopal church. It's been all over the news. It was the one right over on pleasant street And um, I didn't go down there to waive a bible. I I went down there to to uh meet my my pastor and and uh, probably a dozen of our um Uh parishioners there so that we could join in on the solidarity funeral procession that had been organized. Um by uh, boston area clergy and was taking place in um Massive I I would say that there must have been almost a thousand people there. Um I I would say it was probably the lot we've had a lot of large demonstrations the last couple weeks, but I think that this was one the largest such vigils that I've seen since 2001 when We had incidents of hate literature being dropped on the doorsteps of uh, the lost boys here in in uh, Arlington and it just happened to coincide with 9-11 at that time as well. Um That this was just about the the largest. Um I don't know if any of you noticed that we had we had an election on saturday Um And you know a lot of these issues were discussed uh during during that time, but this is what was heartening Is it in that solemn procession yesterday through uh Arlington center? I Saw so many faces of people who had worked for different candidates have been on either side of different electoral Contests over the past months But we're all unified a purpose. I think in in um In a grief and and and and mourning um The organizers had asked, you know, it was billed as um primarily a remembrance of uh, george floyd and uh Breonna Taylor and amad Aubrey But participants were asked to uh bring Signs with either name of one of those victims of of um Race-based police violence or someone else who had died of uh, racist violence and um The sign that I carried was uh, trey pringle And so I gotta give you a little background and I'm sorry. I'm going on a little a bit too, but I think we've all been hit hard with this So I was born on october 22nd 1965 In buford county, south carolina Um, it was just two and a half months after the voting rights act was adopted My father was stationed at paris island 28 years and one week to the day october 29th 1993 trey pringle was born in buford county, south carolina it was he grew to be a young um black man Who had some mental impairments and challenges in one night? buford county's sheriffs department was called to his home His mother was asking for help was asking for hospitalization but by the end of the night He'd been kicked He'd been tased five times He'd been grabbed in a in a chokehold actually by one of the county firefighters who wasn't authorized or trained And three days later he was dead at the age of 24 so I I carried that name because I think I was born in that county trey pringle was born in that county I received all the privileges of my race of education of family A profession of this supportive community trey pringle received a grave an early grave And and there are so many stories like his One of the eerie counterpoints yesterday It wasn't intentional, but it's an eerie counterpoint Is that the the solidarity procession was happening right at the tail end of the arlington high school graduation caravan And so as residents were quietly walking around our linkedin center on the on the sidewalks The students were going by and they were celebrating the happy as they should be They have their whole lives ahead of them and their names were on their cars their whole lives ahead of them and everyone on the sidewalk was Carrying the names of those who lost their lives to race-based violence. And so the counterpoint was just Stark and the consciousness raising that we we have to think about What systemic racism means and what privilege means To to all of us We have some long conversations. We've had long conversations With our board and with our administrators. I'm I'm glad to see That that that the the chief has embraced the the the eight Practices that can't wait Just as I was happy to see that she was inspired to to to draw from president obama's report on 21st century policing that that he and Had had commissioned and put a lot of work into um We're not done with our conversations. Um, I I think that you know I I knew I've known all along we're not done But but but but the events and and the conversations that we've seen nationally Have only just sharpened my my awareness of that. So thank you for this. I am glad that we are Getting out out front um, and I look forward as you said Mr. Manager to the hard work. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I apologize the amount of time. Thank you Mr. Corsi Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um Yeah, my explanation for you The acknowledgement that the town manager made today That that we do have a lot of work to do But we were here today as a statement of solidarity not to congratulate ourselves But to continue working and and and we have a lot of work ahead We have a lot of uncomfortable discussions ahead, but we need to move ahead and This I think has become apparent um throughout a country that this is a national issue It's a local issue and it's an issue as to how we conduct our daily lives and um I go back just to timing 57 years ago This thursday president kennedy addressed the nation on the needs for civil rights reform. Here we are 57 years later And we're still struggling With systemic racism. We're struggling with other issues But I have to say Based on what we've seen in the last week This time it really feels like there is an opportunity For change across the country and in our community and and it's going to require a lot of hard work It's going to require a lot of difficult discussions and and people are going to be uncomfortable But that's that's part of the the process of moving forward. So um, I certainly support that the proclamation and and That the resolution um, the july 13th Will be black lives matters matters and I hope between now even the short period of time We have more to port as far as what we're doing locally and um What we're what we're doing in the commonwealth? And and what's happening around the country. Thank you, mr. Chair Thank you And I was happy to participate in the events This morning. We had a good turnout For those that didn't know about the event of course because of the ongoing pandemic we Had to keep it small but uh, you know when the town manager had brought this issue up to us last late last week Initially, I like I'm sure all my colleagues immediately supported Raising the banner the black lives matter banner on town hall and I was able over the weekend to speak with a number of residents as well as a number of police officers about it and Everyone I spoke and spoke to including the police officers supported What we were doing today and it was great today to be out there Shoulder to shoulder with our island to police department to declare That what happened in minnesota Was a horrific murder to Acknowledge that George floyd's death is not the only death That has happened as a result of acts of racial violence and just Acknowledge it You know we as a town Have to identify systemic racism both abroad both But we have to continue to identify racism locally And continue to work on this together with Our town staff our board and our residents And we started this discussion about a year and a half ago and we've made Progress but there's still a lot of work to do And we went there today to declare that we Understand that there there's work to do that we're Up for the challenge and we're going to continue to engage our residents in order to To help fight systemic racism locally and Nationally so and I want to thank the town manager for putting that event together and and Getting the banner on short notice With that do I have a motion to approve the proclamation and endorse the placement of black lives manner on town hall? Mr. Diggins has his hand raised. Yeah I will go ahead and let joe make the the motion, you know, but but one of the things I wanted to add to is that um We would have made a lot more progress being have we had different administrations Um on the federal level at various points in time And a lot of that is because people who have our values Do not vote you know, and that's of all races, you know, and and so I know We don't generally add things to proclamations, but in future proclamations me I'd like to see us make a the resolve to get people to the polls I know there are lots of forces that by trying to suppress the vote But we have the power to to fight that suppression and making clear to folks mean that as Important as it is for you to be on the streets protesting It is even more important that you get to the polls and vote Because that is the way it works in in democracy and and and so we just got to hammer that home So that's my last piece on this. Thank you Yep Until I have a motion by mr. Curl and do I have a second? Second Second by mr. Decorsi Is there any further discussion or comment? On a motion by mr. Curl was second by mr. Decorsi attorney hind Miss mahan a day and you have to unmute yourself I Finally learned how to shut me up and I don't know how to turn me on. Yes Mr. Decorsi, yes, mr. Diggins. Yes, mr. Curl. Yes, mr. Herd. Yes unanimous vote. Thank you all Thank you to christen and sharing jail for joining us All right, so the next item on our agenda item number nine for discussion approval Charlie proctor bike memorial at the intersection of massachusetts avenue in appleton street This of course, they've received a number of correspondence in in response to The perfect tragedy that happened in early may where a bicyclist was killed on mass av When he was struck by a motorist, I will turn to the town manager for discussion of this issue Thank you, mr. Chair. I do see several Members of the family in attendance. Should I invite them in to the discussion as well? Sure. Let me do that I believe I believe that's everybody if I if I have missed somebody, uh, please Please let me know and I'll I'll invite them in to speak as well So, um I'll be very brief. I think the board knows that this This request came in just after the agenda deadline last meeting. So it was we were committed to bring this Morial request back to this meeting. Um, I think we should hear from Mr. Proctor's family about what they're envisioning but I would I would envision the board considering favorable action on their request tonight subject to the family working with myself and other appropriate town officials in regards to placement of the memorial but With that mr. Chair, um, if you want to hear from the family, I think that would be appropriate Sure, absolutely And I'd just like to say on behalf of Myself and all of our board members of town Our deepest condolences for your loss in this terrible tragedy We there's been an outpouring of support and love that we've received For your son your brother your boyfriend and you know, we really he was clearly An amazing human being who was loved and had so many family and friends. So I'll invite Anyone that wants to add to our discussion about the memorial to do so Hi members of the board. I'm the name is tom proctor and Charlie's brother uh I just wanted to clarify exactly what what we we were thinking about Morial is just it's it's a bicycle painted white But you've locked to a street sign have uh some signage about Charlie mentioned where you died there uh, and Already have the the bike prepared. So really be I guess a conversation with you adam about Where exactly we we want to lock it? Know that there's a few parking signs right right on mass out there And I mean yeah any We we want to hear a recommendation from you about that but I think that's that's really what we're waiting for for In what we will do today is we'll endorse the placement of the memorial and then we'll work out Adam can work out with the dbw that the A safe place to put it and how to to best handle it With that I will go to the board members for any comments that you may have mr. Diggins Well, I fully support this man when when you see them, you know You you feel it, you know And even if you initially don't even know what it's about. It's like that's odd, you know, it just kind of makes you think um Twice, you know, even more deeply about cycling and once you really know what it's all about It really Makes a big impact. So so I definitely support this All right, miss mahan um, you're still muted I bet I sound better when you can't hear me. Um, thank you, mr. Chair. Um, I I did want to through you um ask if First thank tom for once again joining us at an extremely difficult time. I don't know how you're keeping yourself together and your family um I know you're probably not eating much. I hope you're drinking lots of water Taking care of yourself and others Um, and thank you for this and I have along with my colleagues that have the opportunity to correspond with I believe chalice aren't is joining us. Is that jude there? and his partner Allison, um, I don't know if she's exactly my my mother and she's sitting next to me just for the sake of having more his mom Hi, mom. I'm so sorry and I know you're trying to keep everyone together and Taking care of everyone about yourself, but um Same same thing for you. Um I'm you the proctor family and else and have been in all our thoughts and prayers and there's no words appropriate um But I think of you daily and I'm just impressed by caring about charlie from Many many people who have written in um and added their own personal attestations About his life and his future and his dreams and goals, but I don't know if um Uh either jude or allison. Did you want to say anything? No from allison No from jude. Okay. Thank well. Thank you so much and I'll leave it at that and I'm 100 behind this and All the right people should be involved are and I look forward to voting on something in the near future. Thank you Thank you. Mr. Dacarcy Thank you, mr. Chair. I also want to express my condolences to the Family and to to allison. I'm sorry that we had to bring you back here tonight again You were with us last week, but because of the um That the rules that we have on the agenda I'm sorry for that and I'm very sorry for your loss and I support this recommendation and then You know look to the town manager and then his staff to work with you to To find an appropriate location for the memorial. Mr. Coe Thank you, mr. Chair. Um, I want to just offer my heartfelt condolences to you. Um, I'm happy to support the memorial for In charlie's memory, you know It's only every You know one or two years that we did something strikes accord with folks that we have such an outboring and this is one of those times where we've had just Such an outpouring The folks who were touched by charlie's loss want to memorialize him and also Asked us to to to help make Improvements at that location so that this this doesn't happen to someone else So I I'm happy to support the memorialization. I know we're going to talk about some of the other issues Later on the agenda. So thank you for For coming and for for for keeping his memory alive and we'll uh, I know that the manager will work with you Every way you can Thank you And with that I will take a motion to endorse the placement of the memorial but it's subject to the town managers Discussions with dpw regarding place placement safety over travel With a motion for approval by miss mahan. Do we have a second? Second We have a second by mr. Diggins. Are there any further comments? On a motion by miss mahan seconded by mr. Diggins attorney hind It's mahan Yes Mr. Dacorsi. Yes Mr. Diggins. Yes Mr. Kuro. Yes Mr. Hurd Yes Thank you all. Thank you for participating tonight. I know we'll be in touch With uh future arrangements for the memorial Thank you. Thank you All right so The next item on the agenda related to the memorial Is for discussion approval creation of a design review committee at massachusetts ab and appleton street And I will look to the town manager for this Okay, thank you, mr. Hurd So in relation to this intersection where we just spoke about the memorial There's already been some very good work done by aback in terms of making short-term recommendations As well as quite clearly interest in making more long-term significant improvements To that intersection so in speaking with the chairman of the transportation advisory committee, we both agreed the quickest most effective way to focus on this Was to set up a special design review committee to focus on just this intersection Again to first work on the short term short term recommendations while also getting Getting to work on looking at long-term recommendations for approval So what I have before the board tonight is a request to establish this design review committee We're asking for a representative from tac the transportation advisory committee A representative from aback the arlington bicycle advisory committee A representative from The arlington police department A representative from the planning department who would be the senior transportation planner a representative from the engineering division A representative of the local businesses in the area a representative of st Athanasius paris and then three residents. I think I got everybody there and what we would do is If approved, we would quickly post For residents to serve and then once we had three residents screened and selected and I would ask the board's Allowance for Me and the senior transportation planner to screen those residents and seat them on this committee so that we can get it running We would start meeting right away and get to work Thank you. So with that I'll take comment from the board Uh, mr. Degans Oh, I fully support this and and i'm really pleased to see you know Active east arms and liberal streets is on this matter too because even though it's one another part another part of town I mean, uh, uh, there are a lot of cyclists part that belong to eels and and and yeah, I mean it's east arms and liberal streets It's a artificial Demarcation we care about what's going on in all the town and so so um, yeah, definitely support to some committee. Thank you Yeah, mr. Carl Yeah, I'd like to move approval of the recommendation Thank you We have a motion for approval by mr. Carl. We have a second second I think that was lens Or Steve second by mr. Degans All right, uh, mr. DeCorsi. Do you have any comments had? Yeah, no, thank you. I appreciate the the recommendation to create a special committee for this and And also for the the thoughtfulness and the correspondence that we received both to short-term and long-term solutions at that intersection And miss mon um definitely behind this and I I'm recalling one of the pieces of uh correspondence that we received and I can't remember What was from that said, uh, this was exactly the type of thing that charlie Um was in his real house that that he could he could fix and find a solution for so I look forward to um, as mr. Degorsi said Continuing on with both short and long-term solutions. Thank you. Yep. Thank you. I think I believe that was his aunt Again, I think this is the the right step in the right direction and we have a number of recommendations So that committee can hit the ground running So I will support this and so on Mr. Chairman, uh, there there is somebody with their hand raised. They raised it right at the start of this agenda adam I it's up to you. Uh, I know this isn't a public hearing. Uh, sure. If it's just one person more Okay Name is phyllis Okay, uh, you should be Unmuted phyllis. No, no Okay, looks like you're unmuted phyllis Hi phyllis. Can you hear us? They appear to be and they appear to be and she appears to be unmuted. So um phyllis One more time phyllis Okay, we'll uh, we'll move on to the vote All right So we um Tom has just uh via the chat Inform me that phyllis is charlie's aunt Okay hi Phyllis it can hear us Since she may have trouble with the mute She's she's now unmuted and I believe we did have correspondence So in phyllis you could certainly With front any front comments reach out to the board and uh, we'll get back to you right away with your recommendations all right, so on a motion for approval of the creation of design review committee of massachusetts app in Appleton street. We have a motion for approval by mr. Curl seconded by mr. Diggins Attorney hind Sorry about that miss mahan Yes Mr. DeCorsi. Yes Mr. Diggins. Yes. Mr. Cura. Yes. Mr. Her. Yes. All right So before we get into june meetings, we will look back around to the agenda number item number eight Or six relevant traffic rules in order for approval only to preservation loan fund loan Thank you, mr. Chairman The long and short of it is the Arlington preservation fund as the board may recall Is a fund that was created by operation of a community development block grant to Provide low interest loans for folks with properties that are essentially historically significant in nature The loan that's sort of administered through the fund has to be approved or technically speaking not rejected by the select board so I don't have any details about this specific loan but In order for the loan to be processed It has to be presented before the board I have no reason to think that there's anything inappropriate about this loan, but it has to be presented at the board and I would take a motion to approve as what would they what they would need To continue processing it and just for the public's information One of the things that happens when these loans are granted is usually there's some sort of preservation restriction that's placed On a property for an extended period of time So it's a way of trying to help homeowners and also maintaining the historic character of arlington's buildings With that I will look to the board For a motion or discussion Don't move move approval. Mr. Carl. Do I have a second? second Excuse me second by miss mahan um Mr. Carl, do you have any comments or anything to add? No Miss mahan No, thank you Mr. DeCorsi don't comment and mr. Diggins. I'm all set All right with that. We have a motion for approval by mr. Currow seconded by miss mahan the training hand Miss mahan Yes, mr. DeCorsi. Yes, mr. Diggins. Yes, mr. Currow. Yes, mr. Hurd. Yes unanimous vote All right now We go back to Item number 11 for discussion june to august select board meetings Well, um, mr. Chair if I could um Where we have town meeting on june 15th um So procedurally we have to have a very short meeting before that um and in light of That I think that's pretty much a given but I would ask for and I had a conversation with mr. Hurd this morning in anticipation of him Being our chair To have on the june 8th agenda to stop the process that we need to start to Get the voting machines the new equipment that we so desperately need um First step is the select board needs to take a vote to Indicate that you know, they're going to do that and follow the process which then kicks in a 90 day um requirement of things that need to happen and The way I understand the way the law is written right now um We could not use those machines for 90 days which would put us beyond the september primary our original hope was that um It would work for a soft opening With the local election that didn't happen. There's nothing we can do about that But uh, I did um, so I definitely would like and I I think the chair was Agreeable to having that one particular piece of business on four town media sure and then um, I did mention to um representative shon gobbley Uh as well as chloro sirro To context senator freeman Um, and I know representative gobbley had a conversation with secretary galvin this morning. He briefed him on The situation here in arlington because what what I was asking what I'm asking our legislative delegation And or if attorney heim has um any suggestion if there is any way I understand this is 90 day timeframe And clock technically doesn't stop running until june 15th next week when we take that vote which I anticipate We will it will be unanimous if there's any way in light of covet 19 in light of the town clerk and New election and new staff but more importantly in light of the fact that it is going to be a presidential primary And some pieces of equipment cannot be Fixed especially precinct four. I mean that poor thing. That's all she wrote. It's not coming back And in light of the fact that we want to make sure voters are comfortable and safe in voting We also want to make sure they're comfortable that um The technology the equipment is there. So if there's any way we can get a variance or a waiver to Not be required to hold out to that 90 day commitment But do everything we need to do within those 90 days and use them for september Otherwise one of the things I've asked the delegation to relay And uh, shan said he did is that you know, we could possibly have multiple precincts that have to be Subjected to a hand count Which um, I'd like to avoid that. So I don't know if through you mr. Chair or attorney heim or anyone else Make a suggestion about how we get over that. Thank you sure and attorney heim Obviously, we're discussing the set forth setting the uh meetings here But but but um I think that ms. Mahan raises a point in terms of the The time frame that we need to have these discussions. So I also would like to note that To the extent that there Is a potential for a recount It would be helpful for the board to appoint an additional Registrar because there's currently a vacancy. So if that could be scheduled for you know As soon as possible, I think that that would be something that would be advisable. Um, and Just to miss mahan's point Because it's it's so important. I I do feel comfortable saying that I will Do everything I can to urge some kind of waiver and You know, whatever that needs to be done with the secretary of state's office to try to make sure that we can utilize The newer equipment as soon as possible Sure And we'll put this on the meet on for as a meeting agenda next week So we can all have a discussion about this and and vote and talk with the next steps The chair sure Yeah, just a question on this so I know that the moderator had asked people to come to pierce field at six o'clock To get through all of the screenings and picking up of Of clickers and such Is your thinking that we would do an earlier virtual meeting and then Recess to come back into session at town meeting so we'd start as virtual and then go there Or okay, so you're thinking like five five o'clock or about four thirty or something like that Yep, whatever time is It will be even with diamonds me and it will be a short agenda. So I think Just five o'clock next monday work for everyone To meet virtually Yeah, I mean I I would have probably just some Be there on my phone, you know, so that it wouldn't take much time to get to Pierce field because I was going to ask, you know, I guess the same thing about what time you want to start Especially if we might end up having a bit of a discussion. So Yeah, I'm fine with that Five o'clock four thirty Okay, we'll set it for five o'clock. I think that will give us enough time To have our meeting and get over to the field if that works I guess one of those those lines mean is there a place where maybe I could I could be at Pierce field and have a conversation and virtually Where's meeting So you can do it wherever You can find a wi-fi signal or whatever device you're on. Yeah, okay Meeting Fine, fine. Okay Sure. Thank you. All right June 15th And then mr. Chair through you do we want to um Schedule a June 29th meeting Um after the 15th, but then if for some reason Um, I'd leave it up to you mr. Chair if there's something That we stopped the process on June 15th and If things work out We need to meet the 22nd. I'd leave it to you to um Through the select board office both board members, but could I also suggest just for the regular town business? We have a meeting on June 29th virtually at 7 15 and I don't know if that works for everyone else And by a head nod June 29th at 7 15 June 29 7 15 Mr. Chair may I add something? Yep So um one other thing to keep in keep in mind is that um our focus has been rightly on The town election and town meeting one thing that does need to Get a little bit more juice behind it is the um from from my office perspective is the uh recent marijuana host uh community host agreement applications And we will need to have a meeting where we essentially allow for those presentations But we may need to build out some additional time To allow the preliminary review team and some departments To review these things. So I'd be happy to come back at the next board meeting and Try to present some sort of timeline on that But I think I could be wrong. Uh, miss mohan I thought the 29th was the date that we had set as an anticipated date for the post community agreement presentation So, uh, we may or may not want to keep that date for that Okay how about I leave it with the chair that um, you know communicate with attorney hymn tomorrow if uh, and then um, so maybe tentatively We can find out from the select board office if we do need another night Meed Monday night meeting to do the business of the town for things that are sensitive Whether it's common picture or something else we may have to do 20 second and 29th But I I'd leave that to the chair and the only other thing I would say is I know the select board office Normally when we Schedule our meetings likes us to do it, you know two three four months out. Um, But I think in light of We're all sort of I don't know how my colleagues feel about that. I was thinking maybe I don't know many people that are going away on vacation, but um I want to know what the chair wants to do with my colleagues If we want to just stop at june meetings and then at our next meeting do july and august Which is one meeting and one meeting or if you want to take care of that tonight. It doesn't matter to me either way I mean I can take comments from the board. I think The one meeting that we have to look to in july is our goal setting meeting correct So we'll have to look to that as well Um Does anyone on the board have preference as to how far we schedule our meetings? um I'm I'm happy to schedule out the july and and august just understanding that um august may be a little bit in in the balance For me sure Yeah, I think we should go ahead and put Meetings on for july and august put the understanding then I can talk to attorney hon tomorrow About the community host agreements to see how much time we need whether or not june 29th is a feasible date to hear those items and then If needed We can we can add a meeting in between If that works All right, so if we're in so we have the 15th the 29th We go into july with the 13th and 27th Work for the board for july meetings um, we only need once in july and once in august Plus goal setting I saw the faces of your four colleagues. Mr. Hurd when you said I was fine with it. Why we elect this guy chair I was fine with it. That was totally fine with it, you know, why don't I see him on the screen anymore? Well, there he is. Okay. Sorry now who are we missing that? Let me see Oh, attorney. Hi. So for july with the 13th work. I think that's good. Yep Oh, sorry. Yes Does that not work for you? I hear footsteps. Yeah We actually have a Commitment on the 13th with the 20th work Yes All right, so the 20th for our july meeting and then Are we so I know we had talked about doing a goal setting meeting in conjunction with the a rb way back Are we still gonna have To tell me are we still gonna have a goal setting meeting at the end of july? So, you know, I have to admit I haven't thought through how we would do that remotely sure So what how about me and you? Walk with the chair of the a rb and jenny right and figure out a strategy and then get a date on the books Okay, so so we'll hold off on on scheduling the goal setting meeting. Yeah, I think that's fair And then I will look to august for one meeting And how would august 10th work? That's good Presently fine Fine with me could it could be a problem, but uh, personally fine. I don't know all my daughter's going back to college All right, so I hate for you to schedule around me, but I I think that's the week. I'm gonna try to plan to be away for at least some of the week All right, let me see here Sorry Maybe closer to maybe the following week because I'd be a little bit closer to Labor Day because we probably wouldn't be back until the Monday after labor day, right? Right. I mean, so it'd be a little more spaced out More time for things to happen So are we now looking at the 17th and we don't have to meet in the summer on a monday night If you want to switch it to a thursday or something, right? But would august 17th work? Yes. Yes. Yes All right, so we'll schedule for august 17th We have june 15th june 29th I did not write down my july date Good july 20th And august 17th with the understanding that if we need to add meetings in between we'll do so Can I ask a question regarding um discussion at the 15th on the meeting next week? And around the voting machines. I don't want to go out of the line if it's um violating open meeting laws is what a clarification um I would ask it The best way to deal with it would be to Direct it to town council In the next week and then we'll discuss that at length next monday Sure. Thank you All right, and I don't believe we need a motion for our item So we have correspondents received We have a number of correspondence that we received In relation to the fatal bike crash at the intersection of mass ab in ampliton street And we had a correspondence about the shared street shared street pilot program and the final The fatal bicycle crash from brian restucia Do I have a motion to receive? Move receipt second Second, but but I would also ask that we refer all of this to the uh, the new working group that we just set up Yep for these two items To the mass ab The design review committee for mass use at that new and ampliton street And We have a motion for to receive from mr carl seconded by miss mahan right hand Can I just be clear? I think miss mahan made the motion and but Or or is mr cura? This mahan made the motion. I don't know she's amenable to the referral I suggested definitely. Yes. Yeah. Yeah, sorry A motion by miss mahan seconded by mr carl Miss mahan Yes, mr. Dacorsi. Yes, mr. Diggins. Yes, mr. Curow. Yes, mr. Hurd. Yes and So we do not have a new business hosted If you have executive session So with that I'll take a motion To adjourn is that Mr. Hurd are turning right through mr. Hurd. Yes, a motion to adjourn move to adjourn Second So we have a motion to adjourn from miss mahan seconded by Mr. Curl the turning right Miss mahan. Yes, mr. Dacorsi. Yes, mr. Diggins. Yes, mr. Curow. Yes, mr. Hurd. Yes And thank you all for your patience